Kuqa Railway Station is 7km southeast of the center of the New Town It will cost about 7-8RMB in a taxi from the train station to downtown if the driver uses the meter. Due to the lack of trains in south Xinjiang, there are only limited choices from Urumqi, Kurla and Kashgar and Turpan.

The Long Distance Bus Station is in the southeast of the center of the New Town.

Kashgar - takes about 20 hours,and is difficult to find a sleeper as Kuqa is not a terminal, you have to wait for passing buses in front of the bus station in the morning. Alternatively, you may take a direct bus to Aksu, and catch a bus from there to Kashgar.

Kiril Grottoes. One of China's four grottoes which was built earlier than Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang. The 10,000 sq m of murals, kept in 236 caves are still in place today, are of high value for artists and researchers alike.edit 70 RMB entry, 25 for students. Be advised you must go with a guide when visiting the grottoes who will open the door to each individual cave for you from the outside. However unless you pay 100RMB for an English guide you will have to do this with a Chinese group for free. As all the guides are volunteers they're (rightly so) very interested in their subject, which means you'll be subjected to very long descriptions in Chinese about each grotto and frescos meanings, which can get a bit tedious if you don't speak the language!

Kuqa Old Town Mosque. Sleepy town mosque, center of the local community.edit

A driver to take you to both the Tian Shan Grand Canyon and Kizil Grottoes (and a few other "sights" if you like...) can be arranged through the bus station adjacent Jiao Tong Hotel (transportation hotel) 交通宾馆 front desk. It'll cost anywhere between 300 and 600 RMB depending on your bargaining skills / how Chinese you are (the guy started at 600, we managed to get him to 450 being Western but speaking Chinese, and then I was later told by an amused policeman that I shouldn't have paid more than 300).

KuCheFanDian 库车饭店
266 Tianshan Road, KuChe Xinjiang
tel: + 86997 799 9999
Located sorta close to the train station. This is one of the few if not the only hotel taking in foreigners in Kuqa. Cost is 130rmb per night in a double room. Comfortable and clean with utilities provided. Free breakfast included. This hotel has its own bus stop, the stop called 库车饭店 served by bus line 2 & 8. When you reach it, you will see a very big and fancy luxury hotel in the front, that one cost 380 rmb per night. The affordable one is behind it. You can go in and ask, the staff will tell you where it is. (Updated June 20th 2018)

The Traffic Hotel (Jiao Tong Binguan) is right by the bus station. Unless you have some serious bargaining skills its the only place you'll get in Kuqa that accepts foreigners (as of April 2012 only about 5 hotels do)for less than 200RMB a night. There are grim rooms for 160 RMB(for foreigners, 80RMB for Chinese) and less grim (but not fantastic) for 180, both with ensuite.

KuChe Hotel, Tianshan Zhong Lu 266 (a bit off the main road, walk through the huge fake stone arch), ☎86-997-7233156 / 7316790, [1]. Double room ¥280 in the left wing, 380 in the central wing (august 2013). edit The rooms are airy but a bit run down, moderately clean. The (very Chinese) breakfast is served in a large hall, which you reach through a huge glasshouse with palm trees and a swimming pool.